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Feb 28, 2013
DCCC Activates Americans to Demand Solutions to Sequester from 23 Tea Party House Republicans
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is activating everyday Americans with new paid phone calls, allowing people who are concerned with the sequester to reach their Tea Party Members of Congress and demand a solution. Beginning today, the DCCC will connect Americans in 23 districts directly with their Members of Congress to encourage these Tea Party House Republicans to stop protecting tax breaks for the well-off and well-connected at …
Read More »Feb 28, 2013
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Names Representative Jim Himes as National Finance Chair
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel announced today that Representative Jim Himes will be the committee’s National Finance Chair to build on a powerful fundraising operation that started the cycle with its strongest-ever first month. Despite being in the minority, the DCCC outraised the NRCC in the 2012 election and has more cash-on-hand than the NRCC for the first time since the 2010 elections. “The DCCC is …
Read More »Feb 27, 2013
Polls Agree: Americans Oppose Republicans On Sequester, Support Compromise Approach
An unbroken line of polls over the past week shows that the American people oppose the sequester, believe it will devastate our economy and favor a balanced approach to dealing with our budget deficit. House Republicans continue to stand in the way of preventing the sequester from taking place – and would rather protect tax breaks for the well-connected instead. In a …
Read More »Feb 26, 2013
DCCC Chair Steve Israel Announces Pingree, Frankel will Head ‘Women LEAD’ Effort
DCCC Chair Steve Israel Announces Pingree, Frankel will Head ‘Women LEAD’ Effort DCCC Chairman Steve Israel announced today that two trailblazing women – Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Lois Frankel (D-FL) – will head up the DCCC’s “Women LEAD” effort to recruit and support more female candidates, protect women’s rights, expand their opportunities and stop the Republican War on Women. The DCCC’s Women LEAD program is designed to engage women …
Read More »Feb 22, 2013
For House Republicans, Sequester Debate is Only Getting Worse
Tea Party House Republicans are determined to drive the country over the sequester cliff, and their rigid ideology will not only kill more than a million jobs, but will do even more damage to an already imperiled Republican brand. The Republican Congress created a manufactured crisis with this sequester that will damage the middle class. Now they are refusing to solve the crisis - …
Read More »Feb 21, 2013
‘Your Pink Slip – Brought to You by House Republicans’
DCCC Advertises in 27 Districts Highlighting House Republicans Who Are Standing With Millionaires Over the Middle Class on Sequester Your Pink Slip As House Republicans stubbornly stand with millionaires forcing potentially staggering job losses for the middle class, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is launching paid grassroots advertising to hold 27 Tea Party House Republicans accountable for the thousands of layoffs and other costs to the middle class in the upcoming sequester. “Your …
Read More »Feb 19, 2013
Does the Robber Have Keys to the Bank?
Embattled former used car salesman Congressman Vern Buchanan – a member of the Ways and Means Committee charged with writing America's tax code – was accused of tax fraud in testimony by his former Chief Financial Officer. In an explosive, videotaped deposition to the Internal Revenue Service obtained by WTSP-Tampa which aired last night, Sal Rosa, the former CFO of Congressman Vern Buchanan's auto dealership, states that: Congressman …
Read More »Feb 12, 2013
Congressman Mike Coffman’s Political Deathbed Conversion on Immigration - Too Little, Too Late
Congressman Mike Coffman will say anything to get elected - but voters won’t believe his lies because they're too little, too late. The same Congressman who has been a diehard opponent of fixing our broken immigration system claimed to be a supporter of immigration reform this weekend, according to the Denver Post. In fact, the Congressman Coffman who showed up in a church on Sunday …
Read More »Feb 12, 2013
One Ugly ‘Makeover’
House Republicans promised a makeover after Americans rejected their party in November – but who knew they were just going to get uglier? An honored guest of House Republicans at tonight’s State of the Union address is Ted Nugent, who once threatened the President’s life, equated feminists to “a fat pig who doesn’t get it often enough” and called the President’s supporters “pimps and whores.” “Republicans promised Americans that they were undergoing …
Read More »Feb 11, 2013
Tea Party House Republicans Out of Step on Gun Violence Prevention
“I see this whole gun issue as an opportunity, not a toxic landmine.” – President Bill Clinton [Washington Post, 2/8/13] If there is anything we have learned in the past two years, it is that no one should underestimate the Tea Party Republicans’ willingness to inflict damage on their party. The Tea Party tendency to careen away from mainstream Americans – seen most starkly on issues from rape to …
Read More »Feb 06, 2013
Boehner’s Sequester Whiplash
We can’t blame you if you have whiplash from the different positions House Speaker John Boehner has held on his Tea Party Congress’ Sequester Plan. Speaker Boehner and the Tea Party are poised to make deep, draconian cuts in defense and essential domestic services such as Head Start that will stifle the economy – and whatever he says today, Speaker Boehner was all for the law …
Read More »Feb 05, 2013
Cantor’s Makeover Attempt: More of the Same
Cantor’s Makeover Attempt: More of the Same Republican House Leader Eric Cantor tried to remake his party’s out-of-touch image today, but the reviews are in – and he failed. “Eric Cantor wanted a Cinderella makeover, but turns out that the emperor has no clothes – he just offered more of the same out-of-touch Tea Party agenda,” said Emily Bittner of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “The reviews are in, and his transparent act didn’t fool anyone …
Read More »Jan 28, 2013
Quick Clip: DCCC Chairman Steve Israel – Will House Republicans Stand Up to the Tea Party?
In two television appearances this morning, DCCC Chairman Steve Israel outlined the path forward for real immigration reform, gun violence prevention, and a balanced approach to the budget that protects Medicare. “It’s all about whether House Republicans are willing to stand up to their Tea Party base,” DCCC Chairman Steve Israel told Richard Lui on MSNBC. “You’ve got a bipartisan group of senators – left and right – advocating a …
Read More »Jan 23, 2013
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel’s Statement on MLK Day
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day tomorrow: "Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life to achieving equality and justice for all Americans. Today we celebrate his life and acknowledge the tremendous contributions of my Democratic colleagues Assistant Leader Jim Clyburn and Congressman John Lewis for their lifetime of work in the cause of Civil Rights." "On Martin Luther King Day, we honor …
Read More »Jan 22, 2013
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel’s Statement on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision. New NBC/WSJ polling this morning showed support for the decision reaching record highs of 70 percent. “Today marks 40 years since the Supreme Court declared that all women have the right to make their own health care choices with the historic Roe v. Wade decision. While opponents continue …
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